“Proponents of efficiency standards argue that they save consumers and businesses money, reduce energy use, and reduce emissions. But families and businesses already understand how energy costs impact their lives and make decisions accordingly.” UseEnergyDecisionCostStandardsImpactArguingConsumersEfficiencyEmissionsEnergy Use Author:Gina McCarthy
“Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.” PeopleWantUseGovernmentRunningOpportunityEnergyCuttingHugePercentPlantEnergy UseFukushima Author:David Suzuki
“For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are a fraction of the impacts of transportation and building energy use. If we need to choose priority actions, the most important things are to densify, provide transit, and green the buildings.” IfsNeedsImportantUseActionEnergyCitiesTalkingBuildingGreenImportant ThingsImpactPatternsPrioritiesEtcGoodsConsumptionCarbonTransportationFractionsEnergy Use Author:Alex Steffen
“We don't know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the abuse and waste of fossil fuel energy.” KnowsHumansUseEnergyKnow HowWasteAbuseOur TimeFuelFossilsFossil FuelRenewable EnergyEnergy PolicyEnergy UseEnergy Crisis Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
“Life solves its problems with well-adapted designs, life-friendly chemistry and smart material and energy use.” WellsUseProblemEnergyDesignMaterialsSmartSolveFriendlyChemistryAdaptedEnergy Use Author:Janine Benyus
“Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the next decades will largely determine whether we can deliver a bright green future.” UseNextEnergyCitiesEconomyDemandResourcesGreenClimateDetermineDecadesEmissionsGlobal EconomyEnergy Use Author:Alex Steffen
“You can have a strong economy or you can help the environment, but you can't do both at the same time. That's ridiculous. In fact, as a sustainable vision for a healthy economy has to involve changing our energy policy and changing with respect to the natural world. Because we're hitting nature's thresholds, we're hitting nature's limits with respect to water and crop yields and energy use and fossil fuels heating the atmosphere at the same time we're past global peak and running out of that.” WorldFactsHelpingUseRunningPastEnergyStrongWaterNaturalVisionEconomyEnvironmentPolicyHealthyLimitsRidiculousAtmosphereFuelYieldHittingFossilsNatural WorldCropsFossil FuelThresholdHeatingEnergy PolicyStrong EconomyEnergy Use Author:James Cameron
“Don't give up your life because balance is important, but when you're young you have energy, use it!” GivingImportantUseYoungEnergyBalanceGiving UpDon't Give UpEnergy Use Author:Dana Bash